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Subject:	Re: Origin of "Forkapa"
Author:	Jim Young (guest, 87.102.13.160)
Date:	July 27, 2007 at 6:10:46 AM
Reply to:	Re: Origin of "Forkapa" by shmokken

I have to say I'm dubious. Forkapia, Forkapinge certainly look similar, but we'd have to account for the presence of East Frisian vocabulary in the Balkans. Also as this is Old Frisian, and I believe South Slav surnames don't date back to the Middle Ages, there would be a chronological problem.
However, I've learned that ideas that are dismissed out of hand can come back and bite. There are German surnames in the Balkans, usually with adapted spellings, so - who knows?

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Messages in this thread:

Origin of "Forkapa" - shmokken May 31 2007, 3:10:13 PM
- Re: Origin of "Forkapa" - Jim Young Jun 5 2007, 8:17:55 AM
  - Re: Origin of "Forkapa" - DForkapa Jun 5 2007, 8:42:11 AM
    - Re: Origin of "Forkapa" - Jim Young Jun 6 2007, 5:05:18 AM
      - Re: Origin of "Forkapa" - dforkapa Jun 6 2007, 10:11:15 AM
        
        Re: Origin of "Forkapa" - Jim Young Jun 7 2007, 11:35:27 AM
        
        Re: Origin of "Forkapa" - dforkapa Jun 9 2007, 9:00:14 PM
        
        Re: Origin of "Forkapa" - Jim Young Jun 11 2007, 5:01:00 AM
        
        Re: Origin of "Forkapa" - Jim Young Jun 11 2007, 12:00:57 PM
        
        Re: Origin of "Forkapa" - dforkapa Jun 12 2007, 8:17:12 AM
        
        Re: Origin of "Forkapa" - Jim Young Jun 13 2007, 12:02:59 PM
        
        Re: Origin of "Forkapa" - shmokken Jul 25 2007, 2:38:53 PM
        
        Re: Origin of "Forkapa" - Jim Young Jul 27 2007, 6:10:46 AM
        
        Re: Origin of "Forkapa" - shmokken Sep 8 2007, 12:04:41 PM
        
        Re: Origin of "Forkapa" - Jim Young Nov 1 2007, 7:25:40 AM
        
        Re: Origin of "Forkapa" - shmokken Jul 28 2007, 6:11:45 PM
        
        Re: Origin of "Forkapa" - dforkapa Jun 14 2007, 8:30:35 AM
  - Re: Origin of "Forkapa" - DForkapa Jun 5 2007, 8:34:37 AM
    - Re: Origin of "Forkapa" - Jim Young Jun 5 2007, 11:40:57 AM
      - Re: Origin of "Forkapa" - dforkapa Jun 6 2007, 10:11:39 AM

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